Mary Todd Lincoln Quotes

I would rather marry a good man, a man of mind, with a hope and bright prospects ahead for position, fame and power than to marry all the houses, gold and bones in the world.

No one is loved as much as you by the people. Don't waste that power.

In grief, words are a poor consolation - silence and agonizing tears are all that is left the sufferer.

I am convinced, the longer I live, that life & its blessings are not so entirely unjustly distributed, are [as] when we are suffering greatly, we are inclined to suppose.

My husband is not a Christian but is a religious man, I think.

If you keep making jokes like that, somebody is going to shoot you, father.

No one has ever lived who knows better than you the proper placement of footfalls on treacherous paths.

My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.

Others live on in a careless and lukewarm state - not appearing to fill Longfellow's measure: 'Into each life, some rain must fall.'

Mr. Lincoln had no hope, and no faith, in the usual acceptation of those words.

Beautiful, Glorious Scotland, has spoilt me for every other country.

I am convinced the longer I live that life and its blessings are not so entirely unjustly distributed as when we are suffering greatly we are inclined to suppose.

Clouds and darkness surround us, yet Heaven is just, and the day of triumph will surely come, when justice and truth will be vindicated.